Can I use my CD+RW drive to backup Quicken files?

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Sandy

I've read a number of the articles on burning CDs and DVDs using
WIndows XP, but haven't been able to figure out how to apply what I've
read to what I want to do. Quicken has a backup feature that allows
you to specify where you want the backup files to go. Most of the
articles says that you can either drag files to be backed up to the
CD/DVD drive or select the files and do a sendto that drive. The
problem is that Quicken backs up feature only allows you to select the
destination for the files. If I try to select my E: drive (my
writable drive in this case), Quicken tells me it's unable to access
the disk in drive E: I've been getting around it by backing the files
to a temporary location and then writing them to disk from there.
This is clumsy. I'd like to do it in one step. Is this possible?
 
Hi Sandy,

You require a packetwriting software to backup Quicken files directly to CD.
You may consider buying Roxio's DirectCD or InCD from Ahead Nero.

www.roxio.com
www.ahead.de

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Regards,
Ramesh [MS-MVP]
AIM: SRamesh2k


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I've read a number of the articles on burning CDs and DVDs using
WIndows XP, but haven't been able to figure out how to apply what I've
read to what I want to do. Quicken has a backup feature that allows
you to specify where you want the backup files to go. Most of the
articles says that you can either drag files to be backed up to the
CD/DVD drive or select the files and do a sendto that drive. The
problem is that Quicken backs up feature only allows you to select the
destination for the files. If I try to select my E: drive (my
writable drive in this case), Quicken tells me it's unable to access
the disk in drive E: I've been getting around it by backing the files
to a temporary location and then writing them to disk from there.
This is clumsy. I'd like to do it in one step. Is this possible?
 
Hi Sandy,

You require a packetwriting software to backup Quicken files directly to CD.
You may consider buying Roxio's DirectCD or InCD from Ahead Nero.

www.roxio.com
www.ahead.de
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I have Roxio. It came with my Dell. But, how to I make it work with
Quicken? Is there something in the help I should be looking for?
 
Does it have the DirectCD add-on or only the basic writing software?
Checkout with Roxio support.

--
Regards,
Ramesh [MS-MVP]
AIM: SRamesh2k


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Hi Sandy,

You require a packetwriting software to backup Quicken files directly to CD.
You may consider buying Roxio's DirectCD or InCD from Ahead Nero.

www.roxio.com
www.ahead.de
Click to expand...

I have Roxio. It came with my Dell. But, how to I make it work with
Quicken? Is there something in the help I should be looking for?
 
Does it have the DirectCD add-on or only the basic writing software?
Checkout with Roxio support.
Click to expand...

After trying to figure out how to contact Roxio without paying the $35
fee, I was told it's a known INtuit issue. I checked QUicken's
knowledge base and they seem to imply that writing backup files to
CD-RW or DVD-RW should work. I'm trying to contact Intuit for more
info.
 
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Sandy said:
The
problem is that Quicken backs up feature only allows you to select the
destination for the files. If I try to select my E: drive (my
writable drive in this case), Quicken tells me it's unable to access
the disk in drive E: I've been getting around it by backing the files
to a temporary location and then writing them to disk from there.
This is clumsy. I'd like to do it in one step. Is this
Click to expand...
possible?



You might get a better answer to this question in
alt.comp.software.financial.quicken.
 
You might get a better answer to this question in
alt.comp.software.financial.quicken.
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Thanks. Now that I narrowed it down to a Quicken problem, I posted the
question there.
 
What version of Quicken. I back up to CD-RW from Quicken all the time but I
do have Easy CD Creator with its Direct CD component installed.

Since your version came with your system, many OEM versions are light
versions and don't include all the components. That might be the case in
your instance, in which case you may need to upgrade Easy CD Creator to the
full version. The Roxio site has information about compatibility with XP as
well as with specific CD Writers.

For the record, I'm using Quicken 2003 Premier and my Easy CD Creator
version is 5.3.1.154.
 
To expand on Harry's advice in a way more relevant to the other
discussion, this is a way to use XP's native write-once (CD-R)
technology. This isn't packet-writing, which makes a RW CD act like a
hard disk. But it's a very good way to backup Quicken.

--
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows



Harry Ohrn said:
Use the work around here
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/saving_files_to_cd.htm to create a shortcut
to XPs cache.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


Sandy said:
I've read a number of the articles on burning CDs and DVDs using
WIndows XP, but haven't been able to figure out how to apply what I've
read to what I want to do. Quicken has a backup feature that allows
you to specify where you want the backup files to go. Most of the
articles says that you can either drag files to be backed up to the
CD/DVD drive or select the files and do a sendto that drive. The
problem is that Quicken backs up feature only allows you to select the
destination for the files. If I try to select my E: drive (my
writable drive in this case), Quicken tells me it's unable to access
the disk in drive E: I've been getting around it by backing the files
to a temporary location and then writing them to disk from there.
This is clumsy. I'd like to do it in one step. Is this possible?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Thanks Kent.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


Kent W. England said:
To expand on Harry's advice in a way more relevant to the other
discussion, this is a way to use XP's native write-once (CD-R)
technology. This isn't packet-writing, which makes a RW CD act like a
hard disk. But it's a very good way to backup Quicken.

--
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows



Harry Ohrn said:
Use the work around here
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/saving_files_to_cd.htm to create a shortcut
to XPs cache.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


Sandy said:
I've read a number of the articles on burning CDs and DVDs using
WIndows XP, but haven't been able to figure out how to apply what I've
read to what I want to do. Quicken has a backup feature that allows
you to specify where you want the backup files to go. Most of the
articles says that you can either drag files to be backed up to the
CD/DVD drive or select the files and do a sendto that drive. The
problem is that Quicken backs up feature only allows you to select the
destination for the files. If I try to select my E: drive (my
writable drive in this case), Quicken tells me it's unable to access
the disk in drive E: I've been getting around it by backing the files
to a temporary location and then writing them to disk from there.
This is clumsy. I'd like to do it in one step. Is this possible?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
What version of Quicken. I back up to CD-RW from Quicken all the time but I
do have Easy CD Creator with its Direct CD component installed.
Click to expand...

I do too. The problem is that I didn't know that the CD needs to be
formatted in UDF mode. Sometimes the simplest explanations are the
hardest to find. Thanks.
 
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